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Infinity data source plugin for Grafana
The Infinity data source is a universal plugin for pulling data from various systems into Grafana using existing REST APIs. It’s Grafana’s go-to plugin for cases when a native plugin doesn’t exist yet.
The following resources will help you get started with the Infinity data source:
Key capabilities
The Infinity data source supports:
- Multiple data formats: Query JSON, CSV, TSV, XML, and GraphQL endpoints.
- Flexible data manipulation: Transform data with JQ, JSONata, and UQL.
- Various authentication methods: Basic, Bearer token, API key, OAuth passthrough, OAuth2 client credentials, OAuth2 JWT, AWS/Azure/GCP authentication, and Digest authentication.
- Backend features: Alerting, recorded queries, shared dashboards, and query caching (in backend parsing mode).
- Grafana integrations: Node graph panel, annotations, and template variables.
Before you begin
Before you configure the Infinity data source, you need:
- Grafana version 10.0 or later
- Network access from Grafana to your target API endpoints
- Appropriate credentials for authenticated endpoints (API keys, OAuth credentials, etc.)
Supported data formats
This data source supports the following formats:
- JSON - Query JSON APIs
- CSV / TSV - Query CSV, TSV, or any delimited content
- XML / HTML - Query XML and HTML endpoints
- GraphQL - Query GraphQL APIs
Known limitations
- Grafana features such as alerting, shared dashboards, recorded queries, and enterprise query caching are only available when using a backend parser (JSONata or JQ).
- Infinity is not designed for handling large amounts of data. When inlining data, ensure snippets are less than 1MB in size.
- For a list of all known issues, refer to GitHub issues.
Additional resources
Once you have configured the Infinity data source, you can:
- Use Explore to run ad-hoc queries.
- Configure and use template variables for dynamic dashboards.
- Add transformations to process query results.
Get started
Watch this video to get started with the Grafana Infinity data source plugin:
Give it a try using Grafana Play
With Grafana Play, you can explore and see how it works, learning from practical examples to accelerate your development. This feature can be seen on Infinity plugin demo.
